Faculty of Social Work & Social Care
Faculty Mission:
Provide education, training and professional development for the Buckinghamshire Health & Social Care workforce. Our teams are dedicated to creating training programmes that value innovative, strength-based methodologies.
Faculty Vision:
- Promote learning, development and career progression.
- Develop an open and transparent framework of training.
- Promoting the strength of our citizens in all our interventions.
- Working together across the Health and Social Care sector, united by our social values.
Develop an open and transparent framework of training
Promoting the strengths of our citizens in all our interventions
Working together across the health and social care sector united by our shared values
Autism Awareness Week 2023
27 March - 2 April
For additional information: World Autism Acceptance Week 2023
Paula McGowan: The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training Promotion
Oliver's story and explaining why The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism is happening across health and care.
Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism - Champions
Senior leaders from across health and care have voiced their support for The Oliver McGowan Mandatory Training on Learning Disability and Autism, the first part of which was launched in November 2022. The full selection of videos can be found on a YouTube playlist, which you can view by clicking here.
Social Work and Social Care represented at the 2023 Bucks Skills Show
March 8 & 9, Stoke Mandeville Stadium
Nursing Associate Expansion Project in Social Care (Southeast) Event
hosted online on 12/10/2023
Keynote speeches and the project evaluation report can be found below.
Evaluation Report by Fani Liapi - Senior Research Fellow, University of Bedfordshire
If you wish to receive the full circulation from the day, with all presentations, please request so
here
Career Pathways
Online Flipbook resource
Health and Social Care staff work together to support people in all sorts of ways and in all sorts of settings.
In Buckinghamshire, people tend to be employed by either a Health employer or a Social Care employer and then work together to support people.
This tool is for, among others, people looking to progress to a career in Adult Social Care, those looking to return to work in Adult Social Care and those looking to start a new career in the sector.
The content of this resource focuses on opportunities within Adult Social Care.
For information on careers in healthcare, visit www.healthcareers.nhs.uk
Sara Franchetti
Social Work & Social Care Faculty Lead
Strategic Lead in Practice and Quality Standards for Buckinghamshire Council
Sara is a registered Social Worker and has been for the last 23 years. She started her career working for Bedfordshire County Council as a social worker in the Older Persons team. During her time in Bedfordshire she worked in Community Assessment and Rehabilitation teams. She later progressed to a Senior Practitioner in Bedford Hospital where she managed a small team of social workers.
Sara later moved to work for Hertfordshire County Council working in a newly formed Specialist Mental Health team for Older People, giving her the experience and passion to improve the service user journey within a mental health service. She eventually began working for Serco who delivered the frontline services for the council.
In 2019, Sara moved to work for Buckinghamshire Council as a Strategic Lead for Quality and Practice in the Quality Standards and Performance team. Among her other roles Sara also has 15 years’ experience as a Practice Educator which enables her to train and support students that are undertaking their Social Work training, along with being an approved Mental Health Practitioner.
The Assessed & Supported Year in Employment Scheme
The Assessed and Supported Year in Employment (ASYE) is designed to help newly qualified social workers develop their skills, knowledge and capability, and strengthen their professional confidence. It provides them with access to regular and focused support during their first year of employment in social work. Watch the video below to to see how the ASYE scheme has impacted newly qualified social workers.
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